I was there, it was awesome to see such a good turnout.
Yep, leading with an anti-Jenkins expectation.By Rebecca TanOctober 6 at 5:29 PM
FREDERICK — On a wet Sunday afternoon, two distinctly different scenes played out on the brick-paved sidewalks of this historic county seat — both tinged, and in some moments, dominated, by the rhetoric of Washington politics.
Locals joined with visitors from the nation’s capital and its closer-in suburbs to stage dueling rallies for and against Frederick County Sheriff Chuck Jenkins (R), who was recently sued for allegedly racially profiling a Latina grandmother and criticized for canceling a public meeting on his department’s partnership with federal immigration agents — a program known as 287(g).
Sorry, sweetie. There were more than 1000 people at the Baker Park rally. 5x the attendance ain't "similar."About 200 opponents of the sheriff’s actions gathered with homemade pupusas, a mariachi band and a Democratic congressman who offered aphorisms from the Founding Fathers. A few blocks away, a similar number of Jenkins supporters hoisted American flags of every size and offered booming chants of “USA! USA! USA!”
Protesters? Patriots and Concerned Citizens. The last sentence should read "1500 people in Frederick who shouldn't be in the country in the first place."In Baker’s Park, surrounded by yellow police tape and more than two dozen officers, protesters praised the agreement forged by Jenkins 11 years ago, which allows federal agencies to call on local law enforcement officials to enforce immigration-related orders. The program has led to the deportation of more than 1,500 Frederick residents, authorities say, the vast majority undocumented.
The SPLC would designate my dead grandmother as a hate-group if they thought it would benefit their political agenda.Speakers included Thomas Homan, former acting director of Immigration and Customs Enforcement, and Dan Stein, president of the Washington-based Federation for American Immigration Reform, which supports President Trump’s immigration polices and has been designated as a hate group with links to white supremacists by the Southern Poverty Law Center. There were also women who said their family members had been killed in car accidents caused by undocumented immigrants.
Yes, yes. Jenkins' group had "protesters." RISE and the ACLU had a "unity rally."Walking distance away, the RISE Coalition of Western Maryland, in conjunction with the American Civil Liberties Union of Maryland, hosted a “unity rally,” with the aim of “celebrating [the] immigrant community.” The crowd listened first to local musicians, then to activists from Frederick and beyond.
“Hello Frederick — the real Frederick County,” said Rep. Jamie B. Raskin (D-Md.), whose district includes parts of the county but is anchored in more liberal Montgomery. “We are a people of immigrants. That’s who we are.”
Not 100%, But looks like DANIEL ELIEZ VALENTIN-MORALES might have tried to fight the Law, but the Law won.
Case Number-111-CR-19-001043 Title:State of Maryland vs. DANIEL ELIEZ VALENTIN-MORALES Case Type:Criminal - SOC - On View Arrest Filing Date:10/06/2019
Thanks for all the attended and Special thanks to MM for bring "The Flag!"
Dammit. We weren't protesting anything. The so-called "counter-protesters" were the protesters.At one point as Jenkins spoke, a handful of residents, including Board of Education member Liz Barrett, stood in silent protest near the front of the bandshell.
After one attendee approached them with a sign of support for ICE and 287(g), the group chose to leave, and police escorted them away from the bandshell through the nearby playground. Shortly afterward, one of the counter-protesters ...
Yay coexistence and tolerance. Also don't hit the police officers. They don't take that behavior kindly.... then was subsequently tackled and arrested after being briefly chased by police.
Frederick Police Capt. Dwight Sommers said the man who was arrested struck an officer before being chased and tackled. That man will likely be charged with disorderly conduct and possibly second-degree assault, Sommers added.